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08.12.07 by Widge @ 3:36 am  Okay, so it's not enough that I have to drool all over my keyboard whenever the subject of the WETA rayguns comes up. But now, thanks to Brass Goggles letting us know, there's even more fantastic art out there that I'd love to have on hand. We're talking Raku Ray Guns here. Check out the Mothra Transmogrifier there. Just gorgeous. Here's what they have to say for themselves: Raku Ray Guns are one-of-a-kind ceramic sculptures made by West Magoon. They are inspired by alien technology unearthed at a secret UFO crash site, known only to a tribe of Wyoming Hill People. Each is named after a classic science fiction author or character. They all come with moon crater wall plaques. Too cool. If I ever get the safari room in my house that I want, one of those on the wall would do nicely. Categorized as: Gear
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08.07.07 by Widge @ 2:23 pm  Chazzie-award winner Neil Gaiman, known around here simply as "The Neil," has a movie based on his stuff coming out this weekend. Yes, Stardust opens with a big name cast, big special effects, and the hopes and dreams of millions riding on the notion that Hollywood might manage not to fuck up a Gaiman adaptation. Ahem. No pressure*. Anyway, Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (who we've talked about before) is not only an incredible name for a band but also makes "Stardust" and "Good Omens" fragrances. (Good Omens? By Jove, that sounds familiar...!) So anyway, they've got five Stardust fragrances, with names like "Fairy Market" and "Yvaine," and the proceeds go to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. If you buy the Good Omens fragrances, you not only help the CBLDF but also orangutans. And for the record, these orangutans have nothing to do with comic books to our knowledge and to imply that they wrote Identity Crisis would be an insult to orangutans everywhere. So. For the full press release, click after the break. For their website, click here. *--I mean seriously, have you read any of the Sandman movie scripts? You haven't? Good. Don't. One took five months off my life. And not the end of my life, either. I'm talking five months from the middle of 1982. Flat gone. Categorized as: Gear
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08.03.07 by Widge @ 12:20 am  While ScottC presented this as a way to dress your kid up as a baby Cthulhu, unfortunately they only come in pink and blue. Surely there would be a way to dye the thing a dark, brackish green, yes? If so, then you would truly have a Great Young One on your hands. Then you hand the kid a baby bottle that says SOULS on the outside. See? Instant costume to disturb your in-laws with. I would like to go ahead and say this now: if you have a kid and you dress him (or her!) as something twisted, I want pictures. Send them and I'll post them as part of our usual Halloween mayhem. Categorized as: Gear
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08.01.07 by Widge @ 2:25 am I swear to Buddha, WETA is going to drive geeks to a life of crime. When we first mentioned these gorgeous works of art, we were bracing ourselves for a massive price tag. But $690? Oh, you vicious bastards, if only they didn't look like they were worth it--that's the truly lethal part of all this. Check out this informercial: And if that wasn't bad enough, there's a fourth gun on the horizon: the Victorious Mongoose 1902a. We can only hope that the upcoming book from Dark Horse will be more up our financial alley. Curses! Categorized as: Gear
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07.28.07 by Widge @ 3:16 pm  So while I was checking around the StudioBo site for this post on Colors Are Overrated, I couldn't help but notice these delightfully sick ceramic bowls, designed to show a ship and a plane in a position of distress, having crashed into your soup. If you had a bowlful of Siege's chili there, you would know that all the little people would have been dead instantly. Categorized as: Art and Gear
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